Tom Needham

Position: Catcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-10, 180lb (178cm, 81kg)

Born: April 17, 1879 in Ireland ie

Died: December 14, 1926 in Steubenville, OH

Buried: Mount Calvary Cemetery, Steubenville, OH

Debut: May 12, 1904 (Age 25-025d, 2,633rd in major league history)
vs. STL 2 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: July 8, 1914 (Age 35-082d)
vs. BSN 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1904 season

Full Name: Thomas Joseph Needham

Nicknames: Deerfoot

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

2.5

1491

311

.209

114

RBI

119

OBP

.274

SLG

.272

OPS

.546

OPS+

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	20-14 / in Starts: 18-6
Longest Hitting Streak	2 games
Longest On Base Streak	6 games
Most Games w/o HR	31 games
Most Games w/o RBI	6 games
Grand Slams	0 in 2 bases loaded PA and 1 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	0

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 104 PAs	12
Actual Runners on Base	91 (42-32-17)
Avg. MLBer w/ 104 PAs	11
Avg. Runners on Base	67 (30-23-13)

Most Driven In
J Evers	5
V Saier	3
R Downs	1
T Leach	1
S Hofman	1
E Lennox	1
H Zimmerman	0

Most Driven In By
J Sheckard	3
F Schulte	3
E Reulbach	1
J Moroney	1
L Cheney	1
J Tinker	1
L Leifield	1
H McIntire	1

1912 Batting Game Log

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1912 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	466	16 (15)	May 4	CHC	@	PIT	L,11-12	5-GF	3	2	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0		0		0		.500	.667	1.000	1.667	8	.84	-0.003	1.81	0.00%	1.23	C
2	467	21 (4)	May 9	CHC		BSN	L,1-2	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.333	.500	.667	1.167	1	2.67	-0.067	7.02	-0.11%	-0.17	PH
3	468	23 (1)	May 11	CHC		NYG	L,3-10	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.250	.400	.500	.900	8	.02	-0.001	.05	0.00%	-0.24	C
4	469	27 (3)	May 18	CHC		BRO	W,5-4	6-GF	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0		0		0		.250	.571	.500	1.071	8	.66	0.015	.99	0.01%	0.33	C
5	470	28	May 19	CHC		BRO	L,2-6	CG	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.286	.500	.571	1.071	8	.78	0.092	1.27	0.09%	0.81	C
6	471	29	May 21	CHC		BRO	W,5-4	CG	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		1		.182	.357	.364	.721	8	.80	-0.116	1.17	-0.10%	-2.21	C
7	472	30	May 22	CHC		BRO	W,10-6	CG	4	4	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.200	.333	.400	.733	8	.50	0.071	.77	0.07%	0.23	C
8	473	34 (3)	May 27	CHC		CIN	W,4-1	CG	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.222	.333	.389	.722	8	.80	-0.021	1.06	-0.02%	-0.22	C
9	474	35	May 28	CHC		CIN	W,10-2	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0		0		0		.190	.320	.333	.653	8	.65	0.030	.90	0.02%	0.28	C
10	475	36	May 30 (1)	CHC		CIN	W,3-2	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0		.167	.310	.292	.602	8	1.31	-0.057	1.83	-0.05%	-0.86	C
11	476	37	May 30 (2)	CHC		CIN	W,8-4	CG(8)	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.143	.273	.250	.523	8	.61	-0.075	.99	-0.07%	-2.16	C
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
12	477	38	Jun 1	CHC	@	BSN	W,7-5	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.156	.270	.250	.520	8	1.10	-0.129	1.67	-0.12%	-1.27	C
13	478	39	Jun 3	CHC	@	BSN	W,4-3	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		1		0		.143	.268	.229	.497	8	1.21	0.071	1.94	0.07%	0.47	C
14	479	40	Jun 4	CHC	@	BSN	W,2-1	GS-7	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2		0		.132	.250	.211	.461	8	1.08	0.010	1.82	0.01%	0.04	C
15	480	41	Jun 5	CHC	@	BRO	L,3-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1		0		.119	.229	.190	.420	8	1.71	-0.135	2.93	-0.14%	-0.62	C
16	481	55 (13)	Jun 25 (1)	CHC	@	CIN	W,11-0	CG	5	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1		1		0		.130	.231	.196	.426	8	.18	-0.011	.18	-0.01%	0.11	C
17	482	56	Jun 25 (2)	CHC	@	CIN	L,1-3	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.130	.231	.196	.426	8						C
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
18	483	65 (8)	Jul 4 (2)	CHC	@	STL	W,3-2	CG(10)	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0		0		0		.143	.250	.204	.454	8	1.87	0.000	.91	0.00%	-0.10	C
19	484	67 (1)	Jul 6	CHC	@	STL	L,7-12	6-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.140	.246	.200	.446	8	.97	-0.022	.70	-0.01%	-0.36	PR C
20	485	75 (7)	Jul 14	CHC		BSN	W,6-5	7-GF(13)	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1		0		0		.135	.237	.192	.430	9	3.36	0.015	3.66	0.01%	-0.51	PH C
21	486	76	Jul 15	CHC		BSN	W,8-7	GS-5	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		1		.132	.246	.189	.435	8	1.70	-0.044	2.51	-0.04%	-0.42	C
22	487	79 (2)	Jul 18 (1)	CHC		PHI	L,8-9	10-GF(11)	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.148	.258	.222	.480	8	1.59	0.099	2.29	0.09%	1.09	C
23	488	81 (1)	Jul 19	CHC		PHI	L,0-4	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.145	.254	.218	.472	9	.45	-0.012	.72	-0.01%	-0.24	PH
24	489	84 (2)	Jul 21 (2)	CHC		BRO	W,11-4	CG	4	4	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.169	.269	.237	.506	8	.49	0.086	.61	0.06%	0.96	C
25	490	85	Jul 22	CHC		BRO	W,10-3	CG	4	4	2	2	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.190	.282	.270	.552	8	.93	0.128	1.06	0.09%	1.92	C
26	491	86	Jul 23	CHC		BRO	L,0-6	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.179	.267	.254	.520	8	.48	-0.051	.55	-0.04%	-1.03	C
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
27	492	96 (9)	Aug 3 (2)	CHC	@	BRO	W,5-1	CG	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	0	1		0		1		.174	.269	.246	.516	8	1.91	-0.116	2.49	-0.09%	-0.69	C
28	493	98 (1)	Aug 5 (2)	CHC	@	PHI	W,5-3	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0		.167	.268	.236	.504	8	1.02	-0.051	1.63	-0.05%	-0.52	C
29	494	104 (5)	Aug 12	CHC	@	BSN	W,10-7	GS-9	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.158	.256	.224	.479	8	1.71	-0.184	5.15	-0.33%	-1.55	C
30	495	122 (17)	Aug 31	CHC		STL	L,1-5	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.158	.256	.224	.479	8						C
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
31	496	123	Sep 1	CHC		STL	L,3-5	GS-7	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.167	.261	.231	.492	8	.90	0.004	3.89	0.01%	0.02	C
32	497	124	Sep 3 (1)	CHC	@	PIT	W,5-2	CG	5	5	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.181	.269	.241	.510	8	.68	0.018	1.51	0.02%	0.06	C
33	498	125	Sep 3 (2)	CHC	@	PIT	L,0-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.174	.260	.233	.493	8	1.89	-0.157	5.79	-0.29%	-1.18	C
34	499	126	Sep 4	CHC		PIT	L,2-5	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0		.178	.260	.233	.493	8	1.26	-0.075	3.87	-0.14%	-0.59	C
							20-14		104	90	13	16	5	0	0	12	7	1	13	3	3		5		3		.178	.260	.233	.493		1.12	-0.688	1.89	-1.05%	-7.38

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